James Beard's Stroganoff. Have 2/3 required sour cream. Would you sub fat free Greek yogurt or heavy cream for the remaining third?
  • 43 points ranoutofbacon

    Mix some heavy cream into the yogurt then add a little lemon juice. Should taste and feel just like sour cream.

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    8 points Safford1958

    Isn’t that how you make crème fresh

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    30 points veryanxiouscreature

    well it ain’t how you make crème stale

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  • 57 points Outrageous_Arm8116

    Frankly, I'd just use the amount you have. See if you like it. Some Stroganoff recipes overindulge on the sour cream anyway. Don't know about Beard's.

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  • 11 points Amazing_Entrance_888

    My fave beef stroganoff recipe calls for a cup of sour cream and I routinely use less. Add the 2/3 and see how it tastes. From there do cream and maybe a tiny splash of vinegar but turn the heat off first! I’ve tried yogurt in hot dishes before but it breaks and gets grainy quickly. I’d avoid it even though I love Greek yogurt otherwise.

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  • 32 points xiipaoc

    Heavy cream, definitely.

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  • 11 points TikaPants

    I no longer buy sour cream and only use Greek yogurt. I added it to my stroganoff and it wasn’t a great substitution. It also stayed grainy and never fully mixed in. I’d temper it if I did that again.

    Use the sour cream first and see if you need more. If so, I would mix some half n half with Greek yogurt til fully incorporated and add incrementally as needed; maybe a tablespoon at a time.

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  • 29 points AnnieLes

    Or maybe some of each?

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    20 points Tasty_Adhesiveness71

    id split the difference

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  • 15 points Level-Playing-Field

    IMO yogurt is slightly bitter compared to sour cream, so it may change the dish. I’d try a controlled experiment. A little less cream wouldn’t ruin anything.

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    14 points SleepFeeling3037

    A little more cream won’t ruin anything either though

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    5 points Level-Playing-Field

    You have a point there. The dish is pretty bulletproof.

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    23 points 2ByteTheDecker

    plain greek is pretty interchangable with sour cream in a lot of recipes in my mind,

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    12 points BrightLightsBigCity

    I agree unless it’s fat free Greek yogurt.

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    17 points 2ByteTheDecker

    Oh that's true I missed that. Fat free yogurt is a crime

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    2 points _Bon_Vivant_

    I'm curious, because bitter could be a great foil to the sweet beefy stroganoff. I'd add a little just to try it.

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  • 4 points BasementCatBill

    I wouldn't risk the yoghurt curdling.

    Make it with what you have, and if it doesn't seem creamy enough adding some heavy cream won't cause the dish to fail.

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  • 6 points leakmydata

    Yogurt has a distinctive tang that I don’t think the sour cream is bringing. I’d just use the sour cream you have, see where things are at, and add a bit of heavy cream in bits until you like the consistency.

    If you do use Greek yogurt I’d use a small amount.

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    2 points Level-Playing-Field

    Sour cream is already just as acidic, I doubt the substitution would change that character of the dish.

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    2 points AnnieLes

    fat free. maybe I need some heavy cream.

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  • 2 points downtownpartytime

    Heavy cream and a little lemon juice

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  • 2 points FixGreedy

    Use what you have it will be fine.

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  • 2 points CommunicationNew3745

    I think it would be fine. I make yogurt on a regular basis in an Instant Pot, then strain to get the consistency desired. We use it in place of sour cream and cream cheese - no one knows the difference.

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  • 1 points wwJones

    I've used all Greek yogurt and it's fine.

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  • 1 points Modboi

    A bit of both. 

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  • 1 points gumyrocks22

    I leave out the sour cream all together… heavy cream.

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  • 1 points msackeygh

    Fat free Greek yogurt better of health reasons. It’s a good substitute, anyhow

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  • 1 points Agitated_Sock_311

    Dont do the yogurt. I made that mistake with my steoganoff recipe and it was abysmal and weird.

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  • 1 points 00Lisa00

    Yogurt

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  • 1 points KlatuuBaradaNikto

    I followed a recipe and regretted the amount of sour cream I used. Someone here mentioned adding cream cheese, and I’m gonna do that for sure next time

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  • 1 points TurbulentSource8837

    I think the heavy cream would be sublime.

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    1 points AnnieLes

    NYT stroganoff is heavy cream.

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    1 points TurbulentSource8837

    There’s your validation! Haha seriously heavy cream is so lush. I don’t think you can go wrong:)

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  • 1 points MasterCurrency4434

    I’d either sub heavy cream or just omit the last 1/3 of sour cream.

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  • -2 points Crossovertriplet

    In the elementary school lunch room we called this beef strokin’ off

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    1 points Modboi

    Who up beefin they stroganoff?

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  • 0 points Jewish-Mom-123

    Use the cream. Yoghurt is tangier.

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